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- Referred to veterans' affairs
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 59–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.679
- Reported and committed to finance
- Print number 1200a
- Amend and recommit to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
- Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
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- Referred to veterans' affairs
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.894
- Reported and committed to finance
- Referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs
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Provides for an increase in the rates of annuities payable to veterans and surviving spouses of veterans
In Assembly Committee · Veterans' Affairs · Sponsor John T. McDonald III
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Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to providing for an increase in the rates of annuities payable to veterans and surviving spouses of veterans
Purpose
To provide an increase in the base sum of the blind annuity and to clarify that the formula for the annual increase is to take into account the latest federal increase for veterans' annuities.
Summary of provisions
Amends section 362 of the Executive Law, to increase the initial sum payable to blind veterans and to establish a formula for the annual increase in annuity payments which considers the benefit increase amounts payable under title II of the Social Security Act (42 USC 401 et seq.) effective December first, two thousand fifteen.
Existing law
Section 362 of the Executive Law established the blind annuity to begin at a rate of $1000 with an annual adjustment. As of 2013 blind veterans received one thousand two hundred ninety-nine dollars.
Justification
The blind annuity was first established in 1923 and was last updated in 2004. It provides a yearly payment for legally blind New York State wartime veterans or their surviving un-remarried spouses. As of 2013, the annual annuity for blind veterans was $1299. In order to better support our blind veterans and their families, this bill raises the base amount of the annuity to $1500 and clarifies that the formula for annual increase consider the cost of living increase established for veteran benefits by the federal government on December 1, 2015. This legislation was asked for by the National Marine Corps League and the New York State Council of Veterans Organizations
Legislative history
S.6680A (2014) passed Senate.
Fiscal implications
The fiscal implications would be minimal to New York State.
Effective date
Immediately.
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